Animal pen



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Patented den. 10, 1928.

STATES RIGHAIRD SAYRG'EN'LL, OF ALIX, ALBERTA, OAINALUA.

AIQ'IMAL PEN.

Application filed December llhe invention relates to improvements inanimal pens as described in the present speci. lication and shown in theaccompanying drawings which form part of the same.

lhe invention appertains in particular to an animal pen or enclosurecomposed of a number of interchangeable sections detachably joined. attheir ends to supporting posts.

The object of the invention is to provide an in'iproved mode ofattachment whereby the sections can be secured in such a manner as torender the enclosure easy of assembly and disassembly l t ith theaforegoing object in view, each section has its end members projectingbe low and above the normal extent of the section, The approximate endsof two sections to be secured to a post are placed in overlappingarrangement against the post and then a fastening device is fittedcompletely around the projections at the top of the sections and thepost. Similarly, a like fastening device is titted around theprojections at the bottom of the sections and also of the post.

The preferred form of-fastening device shown in the drawings comprehendsa it shaped wire clip and a plate apertured to receive the ends thereof,which plate is bolted onto the clip by means of bolts threaded on theends of said clip.

lteferring to the drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates two sections having theiroverlapping ends secured to a post by means of the present invention.

a details a section constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 a detail of the preferred form of fastening device.

d is a plan assembly view showing the fastening device of the precedingfigure htted over the upper ends of two sections and the top of a post.

liilre numerals of reference indicate corre sponding parts in each ofthe figures throughout the drawings.

lln the drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates in a general way asection which comprises a pair of outside or end uprights Q; andintermediate uprights 3; all of which uprights are connected by a seriesof parallel transverse bars 4- and braced by diagonal members 5. Thedistinctive feature of the section is that the end uprights 2 have theirextremities projecting, as at 6, above and e, 1926. Serial as. waste.

below the top and bottom transverse bars in order to receive thefastening devices.

The section is preferably constructed of metal and it is intended toemploy a number of these sections in order to erect pens of varioussizes according to the head of cattle to be penned.

In erecting a pen, each two adjoining sections are overlapped slightlyso that the adjacent end members are positioned one against the other,and supported by driving a post 7 into the ground. A fastening device 8is fitted completely around the top projections of the overlappedmembers and also the post. The bottom projections are secured by asimilar fastening device.

The fastening device illustrated in the drawings consists of a U-shapedwire clip it having threaded extremities receiving nuts 10 which bearagainst the plate 11 that is placed over the legs of the clip. This typeof fastening device rigidly secures the sections by the tightening ofthe nuts and possesses the advantage that it can be easily slipped onand off the post.

What I claim is 1. An animal pen comprised of metal sectionssuccessively arranged, each pair of adjoining ends being overlapped andthe members which form the ends projecting above and below the sections,a post positioned against each overlapped pair of end members, afastening device passing completely around the top projecting parts ofeach pair of end members and the adjacent post so as to clamp themtogether and a similar fastening device likewise clamping the bottomprojecting parts of the end mem bers to the post.

2. An animal pen comprised of metal sections successively arranged, eachpair of adjoining ends being overlapped and the members which form theends projecting above and below the sections, a post positioned againstsuch overlapped pair of end members, a U-shaped wire passing around theprojecting parts of each pair of end members and the adjacent post, aplate bolted on the legs of the wire to clamp the embraced partstogether and a similar fastening device clamping the bottom projectingparts of the end members to the post.

Signed at Alix, Alberta, Canada, this 17th day of November, 1926.

RICHARD SARGENT.

